Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Bill read the Third time and passed, with amendments.
The Minister of State was asked—
What steps he is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
What steps his Department is taking to support a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine.
What assessment he has made of the steps needed to secure a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza.
What diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help tackle illegal migration.
What recent discussions he has had with his German counterpart on the war in Ukraine.
What diplomatic steps he is taking to help secure the safety and release of Vladimir Kara-Murza.
What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Israeli occupation of the west bank.
What steps he is taking to uphold the Falkland Islanders’ right of self-determination.
What steps he is taking to support effective governance in the British overseas territories.
What information his Department holds on the number of UK nationals who have died following surgical procedures in Turkey in the last 10 years.
What steps his Department is taking to help secure the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
With permission, Mr Speaker, I shall make a statement about criminal justice in England and Wales. Keeping our people safe requires a relentless focus on cutting crime, cutting reoffending, and...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Christine Jardine, supported by Wendy Chamberlain, Mrs Flick Drummond, Mr Tobias Ellwood, Richard Foord, Tim Loughton, Rachael Maskell, Jim...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Emma Hardy presented a Bill to require employers to ensure that personal protective equipment provided at work to people with certain...
Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. On 24 January, the Procedure Committee published its report HC338, entitled “Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords”, which...
Debate resumed (Order, 11 March). Question again proposed, That income tax is charged for the tax year 2024-25. And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this...
Resolved, That for the tax year 2024-25 the main rates of income tax are as follows— (a) the basic rate is 20%, (b) the higher rate is 40%, and (c) the additional rate is 45%. And it is...
Resolved, That— (1) For the tax year 2024-25 the default rates of income tax are as follows— (a) the default basic rate is 20%, (b) the default higher rate is 40%, and (c) the default...
Resolved, That— (1) For the tax year 2024-25 the amount specified in section 12(3) of the Income Tax Act 2007 (the starting rate limit for savings) is “£5,000”. (2)...
Resolved, That provision may be made— (a) amending sections 681B(l)(a) and 681C(2)(b) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 by substituting “£60,000*’ for...
Question put, That— (1) In section 1H of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (the main rates of CGT) — (a) after subsection (1) insert— “(1A) Residential property...
Resolved, That— (1) Section 58D of, and Schedule 6B to, the Finance Act 2003 (relief for transfers involving multiple dwellings) are repealed. (2) In consequence of the repeal of those...
Resolved, That— (1) Schedule 6ZA to the Finance Act 2003 (relief for first-time buyers) is amended as follows. (2) In Part 1 (eligibility for relief), after paragraph 3 insert—...
Resolved, That— (1) Section 71 of the Finance Act 2003 (certain acquisitions by registered social landlord) is amended as follows. (2) In the heading, for “registered social...
Resolved, That— (1) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 4A to the Finance Act 2003 (application of the higher rate of 15% to transactions where purchaser is a company etc)— (a) in...
Resolved, That provision may be made for the purposes of inheritance tax restricting agricultural property relief and woodlands relief to land in the United Kingdom.
Resolved, That (notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills) provision may be made— (a) for...
Resolved, That (notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills) provision may be made— (a) for the...
Resolved, That (notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills) provision may be made amending Part 14A of the...
Resolved, That (notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills) provision may be made taking effect in a...
Resolved, That (notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills) provision may be made taking effect in a...
Resolved, That (notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills)— (a) provision may be made omitting...
Resolved, That provision may be made for the energy (oil and gas) profits levy to cease to apply if the average prices of oil and gas over a specified period are at or below the average of those...
Resolved, That provision may be made conferring power on the Treasury to make regulations applying any provision made in connection with authorised co-ownership schemes so that it applies (with...
Resolved, That provision may be made amending section 54(2)(c) of the Finance Act 2022 (amount of charge in case of persons whose UK revenue is very large) by substituting...
Resolved, That provision may be made amending Chapter 2 of Part 13 of the Income Tax Act 200/ to deal with cases where assets are transferred by closely-held companies.
Resolved, That— (1) In Part 2 of Schedule 54A to the Finance Act 2009 (further provision as to late payment interest and repayment interest) — (a) in paragraph 5 (interpretation) omit...
Resolved, That provision may be made amending— (a) section 35 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (refund of VAT to persons constructing certain buildings) in relation to the evidence for...
Resolved, That provision may be made about the treatment under Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004 of— (a) sums or assets transferred from a collective money purchase scheme in the course of its...
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made which is incidental to, or consequential on, provision authorised by any other Resolution.
King’s recommendation signified. Resolved, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session relating to finance, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by...
Presentation and First Reading Nigel Huddleston accordingly presented a Bill to make provision in connection with finance. Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time tomorrow, and to be...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 29 January, be approved.—(Mike Wood.)...
That the draft General Aviation (Persons on Board, Flight Information and Civil Penalties) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 28 November 2023, be approved.—(Mike...
I rise to present this petition, owing to the Budget failing to provide for any allocation of money to those infected and affected by the contaminated blood scandal. The final compensation...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mike Wood.)
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